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` To whomit may concern,

` specification, `in whichlwooden splice, y upper boards. i

1F are props, hinged to and between the splices and uprightsWELLsoRUMBQoF cotoMA, Mien-'Ican- Lettersv Patent No. lili, datedOctober 4, 18770. I'

"IMFROVEMENT IN PoRrABLE- Fences'.

' The Schedule referred toln these Letters Patent and makingipart of thesame Be it knownt-hat I, XVELLS Gnomiz, Coloma, in

" the county of Berrie'n and Stateof Michigan, havev invented a new anduseful Improvement in Portable y 1 euces`;\.andI do` declare that thefollowing is a true and accurate description thereof, re'ferencebeinghad toV `the accompanying drawing` and to the letters of referencemarked thereouand being a part of this Figure lis anelevationofyasection or panel ofmy Figure 2 is a cross-section on the line :ein

, Like letters indicate like parts in eaeh'gure.

y The natureA of this invention relates to `:in improved'` constructionot portable fences and gates, and consists the same when erected, orinlike manner any suitable gate, either single or double, 'and thearrangement of itsvarious part-s, as more fully hereinafter set forthgvi In the drawing-e'` y ls-represents the horizontal stripsorv'hoardsof'a section `of Tence, having nailed to their side at one end the gateuprightlB, and near the end`ot` the'sccl; tion, on theoppo'site side,asimilar upright, B'. Y,

Other llprights, vCG', are in like manner secured to the other end'ofthe section, 'which may be snrmounted with a covering-board, D, itdesired. i

N ear eachuprigl1t, and parallel therewith, al short E, is `nailed toand across two of the If a gate isto be hungito the section, a brace, G,

` may be diagonally nailed across the horizontal boards. Que-half oftheprops, or "all of them, except that at the gate-post, may be `shortenough to reach up` hinges I. in thelpeculiar 'arrangement ofla seriesVof props," r u hinged to each panel, for the purpose ot supporting abouttwo-thirds Vof thejheight of the panelf- Thev prop at thev gate-postshould extend to the topltherei .All of theprops may, if' desired,beproridledwith a heavy nail or' spike in their lower ends', or thelower ends may be s`harpened,to giveA the prop a hold on the ground. i YY The manner of su'stainingithe panels by means of the props issoclearly shown'in fig. 2 of the drawing, as to require no furtherexplanation, except that be-` ing hinged they may be more or lessextended outf ward `from the ground. z

H 'is a gate, pivoted to the upright B by means of panel ,onl ahill-side, or on broken The gate shown is onefhali' of a double gate,but a single gate may be used instead; in either case, the gate isprovided with the props l `to fasten, open,:or shut, and which, when notinuse., may be turned up out of the way.

The gate shown is made of pickets, but 4may be constructed in a similarstyle with the fence.

` I do not intend to confine myself to the exact construction ot thebody of the fence as shown, as the sameV maybe varied iml'einitely bythe substitution of wire forithe horizontal boards', &c.

lVhen not `inuse, or in transportation,lthe props may beconi'pactly'bldedagainst they panels.

WhatI claimas my invention, and desire -oto secure p by Letters Patent,is

The hinged `props F, in combination with the up. right-s B Bp', G and.C', and the splices E, for supporting a fenceor gate, constructedand'arranged substantially asr described and shown;v

. y WELLS GR'UMB.

Witnesses: y

DANIEL Moons, REBECCA Moons.

